plurals of words ending in ‘ o ’
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Plurals of words ending in ‘ o ’. - os , - oes or either? By Johanna Stirling The Spelling Blog http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com. Ever wondered. ...when words ending in o add just s and when they add e s ?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Plurals of words ending in ‘o’
-os, -oes or either?
ByJohanna Stirling
The Spelling Bloghttp://thespellingblog.blogspot.com
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Ever wondered...
...when words ending in o add just s
and when they add es?
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Nouns that end in o can make their plural by adding s or es and many of them can be either.
The patterns are not very clear but:
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These words just add s: radios, patios, zoos, kangaroos
What do they have in common?(Hint: look at the letter before the o)
-s
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Words ending in VOWEL + o, just add s:
radios, patios, zoos, kangaroos
-s
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These words just add s too
kilos, photos, logos, typos
What do they have in common?(Hint: related to the length of the word)
-s
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We just add s to
short forms of longer words:kilos photos logos typos
-s
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We just add s to these words:Eskimos Picassos Filipinos
What do they have in common?
Hint: what does the first letter tell you?
-s
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We usually just add s toproper nouns:
Eskimos Picassos Filipinos
-s
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We just add -s to these words
from tacos stilettos
and many other musical termssombreros
solos
What do these words have in common?Hint: Think about the origin of the words.
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We usually just add -s to loan words* from
from
*Loan words are words that have come from another language with no change of spelling
Spanish Italian
tacos stilettos
and many other musical termssombreros
solos
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We just add s tokimonos avocados casinos infernos torsos
Any idea why?(Hint: Think about when they entered the English language.)
-s
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We usually just add s towords that are newer to English:
kimonos avocados casinos infernos torsos
-s
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These words add es:potatoes tomatoes
echoes embargoes heroes vetoes
Any idea why?(Hint: Compare them with the words on the previous slide.)
-es
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Words that entered English long ago* usually add es:potatoes tomatoes
echoes embargoes heroes vetoes
-es
*and in which the spelling may have been Anglicised
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Many words have two alternative spellings – you choose* - add s or es ...
-s or -es
*but try to be consistent!
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-s or -esbuffaloes / osdominoes / osghettos / oes
innuendos / oesmangos / oes
mosquitoes / osmottos / oes
tornadoes / osvolcanoes / os
zeros / oes
Most common spelling shown first
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So in fact... the only common words that must have es are:
potatoes tomatoesechoes heroes
vetoes embargoes torpedoes
That means ...
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... you could just learn these
and write all the others with s
potatoes tomatoesechoes heroes
vetoes embargoes torpedoes
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Hope that helps!
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